"Why?"
"Why not, my friend, Why not indeed"
"Why not? Because its bloody stupid, that's why not!"
"Did you not find it…"
"Entertaining?"
"Diverting?"
"Cheer inducing."
"Infurating! Now, desist with the twin speak and go grovel and explain to Professor Mcgonagall."
"Explain What to McGonagall?"
"Explain why, on entering the Hall this morning we were all greeted with the interesting sight of the hall in stripes of shocking pink and Weasley Orange, and that Peeves had been coaxed into dressing as professor Mcgonagall and proclaiming a resorting of students. Specifically, a sorting into The cool house and the boring house? The cool house, for some strange reason, being the orange one?"
"Of course the cool house is the orange one,"
"Because we are cool,"
"And we clash"
"Terribly"
"With Pink."
"So it was you then?"
"Ah. Your cleverness in getting us to boast is unrivalled."
"Why are you frowning like that. You aren't still miffed because we put you in the boring house are you? I mean, you are a Prefect."
"Yeah, its not like we put you in the horrifying toad lady house."
"That was reserved for Umbridge"
"Or the whiny gits section in vomit green at the back, for the likes of Snape and Malfoy."
"Or the terminally confused house, for Ron, Crabbe and Goyle?"
"Ron's not going to forgive you for that one in a while. For that matter, neither is Professor Snape. Which, as you are about to find out, is going to be your largest problem."
"Why, what are you going to do? Tell on us? That's low even for you Hermione."
"Ah. Hello Professor. How long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough boys. I feel it is time you got acquainted with Filch's Stores of paint stripper, do you not agree?"
"Gulp"
A/N First half of the poor challenge, prompt: The Great Hall